Unemployment Tax Upset Sparks California Debate
The Unemployment Insurance Association warns that Assembly action on a tax increase would raise the UCD tax by about 62 percent, hitting nearly 5 million California workers. Glade accuses lawmakers of taxing willing workers to fund claimants while urging letters and calls to oppose the measure.
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Assembly Ways and Means
California
UCD
Glade
Albert T. Tieburg
Department of Employment
Afl-Cio Teamsters
Assembly
Senate
Unemployment Insurance Association
Shafter Council Meeting set to discuss street work and resignation
On Tuesday night residents are invited to City Hall for a Shafter Council meeting to discuss curb, gutter, and paving work in Reiker Tract. Mayor Tony Brown will resign at the meeting.
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Reiker Tract
Shafter Council
City Hall
Tony Brown
Buttonwillow Crusade Opens at Community Baptist Church
The Buttonwillow Crusade features Billy Graham preaching tenets at the Community Baptist Church February 21 to 28. Rev. Herbert Dominguez notes both Colaghan and Horse connect with youth and adults. ministers Wurst and Dolaghan bring prior assignments and degrees from California Baptist Theological Seminary.
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Billy Graham
Community Baptist Church
Buttonwillow
Herbert Dominguez
Buttonwillow Church
Colaghan
Horse
Dominguez
California Baptist Theological Seminary
Wurst
Twenty Nine Palms
Hollywood
Gainesville
Fla
South Carolina
Rev
Dolaghan
Belfast
County Down
Ireland
United States
California State College System
Hurse
California Baptist Thelogical Seminary
Obituary for Hiler of Shafter at Memorial Park
Funeral services for Hiler will be held at Memorial Park. Born April 2 1886 in Briartown Oklahoma he died at 78 and had lived in Shafter since 1939. He worked as a farm laborer and was an Honorary Deacon. Survived by widow Rhonda Bee Hiler and many children grandchildren and great descendants. Agee Family Funeral Home Shafter in charge.
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Memorial Park
Mr. Hiler
Briartown
Oklahoma
Shafter
Hiler
Rhonda Bee Hiller
Eufala
Okla
Tener Potter
Modesto
Benton Hiler
Oxnard
Clifton Miler
Hershel Hiler
Bill Hiler
Lawrence Seay
J. C. Hiler
Muskogee
Jack
Curtis Hiler
Port Hueneme
William Hiler
Forrest Lee Hiler
Ventura
Owen Hiler
Larry Hiler
Bakersfield
Janis Williams
Steven B
Dianna Marie
David Lee
Danny L. Hiler
Roscoe Hiller
Hazel Adkins
Sanwell
Bayne Potteroff
Rafel
LaVada Petree
Agee Family Funeral Home
Gange Honored After 1000th Gas Company Talk
Gange, a Southern California Gas Co. community service speaker, was honored after his 1000th speech in six years with the company. He has spoken to more than 422,000 people in 2,600 talks, including a 1000th appearance before the Huntington Park Women’s Club. He recalls his first talk in 1950 before the Porterville Chamber of Commerce and offers advice for speakers. He once spoke before the 40th annual U S Chamber of Commerce meeting in Washington, D C, as a keynote following Hoover and Byrd. He has led Lindsay Chamber of Commerce as president since age 21 and founded a country bank the same year. He resides in Tulare County and values audience connection and material. He notes his name confusion and often receives ovations for patriotic talks, including a 600-person standing ovation for a brief lapse. He prefers high school audiences for adrenaline and impact and recently spoke at the Shafter Chamber of Commerce installation dinner.
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Story Gange
Southern California Gas Co
Gas
Gange
Huntington Park Women’s Club
Porterville Chamber of Commerce
Charles F. Brannon
Ing
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Herbert Hoover
Harry Byrd
Tulare County
Lindsay Chamber of Commerce
Flange
Mr. Flange
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Accident rates in 1900s peak horse era cited
During the horse and buggy era an accident rate was very high. Fatalities per million miles traveled then were six times higher than today.
Raising Water Over Tehachapis Is State Project Big Problem
State Water Project demands massive power to lift water over the Tehachapi Mountains. Fluor Corp. says a final plan within a year is needed, with 1991 power costs around 33.5 million if using state nuclear. higher if via private utilities. Cooperation among utilities, city and state agencies, and the federal government is essential to lower pumping costs.
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Tehachapis
Fluor Corporation, Inc
Los Angeles
Fluor
Perris Reservoir
Riverside County
Nuclear Power for Tehachapi Pumps eyed in Valley plan
The State likely builds a large nuclear plant near Tehachapi to power water pumps and supply Southern California. It would cooperate with utilities and the City of Los Angeles to minimize cross state transfers and lower long term costs. A 75 year savings of about 1.5 billion dollars is forecast for Southern California.
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William E. Warne
Water Resources
Sacramento
Tehathapi Mountains
San Joaquin Valley
Los Angeles
California
Pacific Gas and Electric
San Francisco
Southern California Edison
San Diego Gas and Electric
California Aqueduct
Tehachapi
Central Valley Project
California sales tax rises for first half of 1964 65
State Controller Alan Cranston reported that the General Fund revenues for the first half of fiscal 1964 65 rose compared to the prior year while expenditures increased 11.4 percent. He attributed changes to 1963 legislation ending installment payments and noted the sales tax up nearly 9 percent from 1963 64.
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Sacramento
Alan Cranston
Cranston
Study At Local Plant Tour By Fire and County Departments
The City Fire department with 18 men and the County Department with four men toured the Brown and Bryant chemical mixing plant at the Santa Fe site Thursday evening. Guides Wilber Stocker and Bruce Epp of the company led the group and instructed on plant hazards during a haz ar r class program for the departments.
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Brown and Bryant
Santa Fe
Wilber Stocker
Bruce Epp
Neal Janzen Named Lieutenant on Fresno State Police Unit
Neal Janzen a 1960 Shafter High School graduate and junior criminology student has been chosen to serve as lieutenant in administrative operations for the Fresno State College student police unit this spring. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Jake R Janzen of 17053 N Shafter Avenue Shafter.
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Neal Janzen
Shafter High School
Fresno State College
Janzen
Jake R. Janzen
N. Shafter Avenue
Shafter
Police Check on Ringing Of Alarm At Amusements
Burglar alarm at Anderson Amusements rang twice during the night on February 11 and February 13. Police investigation found no entry attempts or forced access to the building.
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Anderson Amusements
Griffith named Chief Deputy State Controller in California
Sacramento announces Winthrop G. Griffith, 33, former San Francisco newspaperman and former Senate aide to Hubert H. Humphrey, as Chief Deputy State Controller. He replaces Irwin J. Nebron, appointed by Governor Brown as a Los Angeles municipal court judge.
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Sacramento
Alan Cranston
Winthrop G. Griffith
Griffith
San Francisco
United States Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Grffith
Irwin J. Nebron
Edmund G. Brown
Los Angeles
County Rose Parade Committee Seeks Funds for Float
Kern County observers report the County Rose Parade Committee needs more money to finance a float entry for 1966. Major supporters include Bioform a Wasco pharmaceuticals maker and David M Biggar a Bakersfield general contractor who helped push the fund to 4100 dollars.
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County Rose Parade Committee
Kern County
Bioform
Wasco
David M. Biggar
Bakersfield
California State Bird Quail Popular Game Bird
California designates the quail as the official state bird and notes it remains a favored game bird. A 1925 motor vehicle law requires any vehicle to stop completely after striking a pole post iron fence or similar obstruction.
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California
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